Dr. Riya Ballikar

I. Qualification:

• MBBS, Goa Medical College and Hospital, Goa University, 2009.
• MD(General Medicine), Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital, Mumbai, 2013.
• DM (Clinical Hematology), Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical College Kolkata, 2016.
• DNB (Hematology), CMC, Vellore, 2016.

II. Clinical Expertise / Interests:

• Diagnosis and Treatment of all Blood and Blood-Related Disorders.
• Anaemia / Low Hemoglobin/ Complicated Anaemias.
•  Platelet Disorders, ITP.
• Bleeding and Clotting Disorders.
• Hemophilia.
• Thrombosis – Including DVT, Abnormal site Clotting.
• Aplastic Anaemia/ Pancytopenia.
• MDS/ Myelodysplastic syndrome.
• Sickle Cell Anaemia.
• Thalassemia.
• Splenomegaly.
• Bone Marrow Testing (Aspiration / Biopsy).
• Bone marrow aspiration reporting.
• Diagnosis and Treatment of all Blood Cancers.
• Leukemia (AML, ALL, CML, CLL).
• Lymphoma (Hodgkin’s, Non-Hodgkin’s).
• Multiple Myeloma.
• Chemotherapy of all blood cancers.
• Intrathecal Therapy.
• Bone Marrow Transplant.

III. Honours & Awards:

• Awarded Gold Medal for the highest score in MBBS and adjudged the best graduate by Goa University.
• DNB Hematology gold medalist and president Award.
• First place in Hematology Quiz conducted by ISHBT.
• Life Member of professional bodies like IMA, Indian Society of Hematology and Blood Transfusion(ISHBT), Kolkata Hematology Alumni Association and Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS).
• Conducted over 100 talks as faculty in many state-level and national-level conferences.
• 3 Publications in reputed Journals and investigator for many Hematology trials.